EuroWire September 2023

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Seals for cables and conduits As owner and manager of a multi-tenant utility infrastructure for carrier hotels, data centres and wireless telecom networks, Towardex is host to several telecommunications providers. The

Roxtec transits for multiple cables

company has installed Roxtec seals for cables and conduits to keep its underground vaults dry. “Roxtec provides phenomenal products that work as advertised and are reliable,” said James Jun of Towardex in Somerville near Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Roxtec seals are used in the underground vaults where multiple telecom companies install their fibre optic cables. As the system owner, Towardex is responsible for maintaining the common infrastructure and managing the placement of fibre optic cables by various companies, and so must be able to access vaults and manholes frequently. Before Towardex started using Roxtec seals for Schedule 40 conduits, the vaults were regularly filling with water. The crew had to spend hours waiting for the water to be pumped out before they

must be gas-tight and watertight, you need Roxtec. Instead of crews spending hours, it turns into a five-minute job.” Roxtec’s modular-based sealing solutions for cable and pipe transits provide certi fied protection against multiple risks in demanding industries. Multidiameter™ is based on sealing modules with remov able layers to ensure tightness around cables and pipes of different sizes. Roxtec International AB www.roxtec.com it to information technology destinations for further analysis and action, while BHDM manages distributed BHDO deployments. BHDO and BHDM offer features such as 250+ supported OT protocols and easy integration into dozens of IT system types; and digital twins and analytics tooling to allow users to collect, contextualise and analyse data. Belden Inc www.belden.com

could get in and carry out installations. In addition, extra care had to be taken since the water could be contaminated. When the water finally drained out, they found cables tangled and out of their assigned places, adding to the maintenance required. Towardex tried duct plugs, but they were not watertight. Inflatable bags were used as a temporary solution. “Resisting water is not enough,” says Mr Jun. “In vaults where you need to manage cables owned by multiple parties and where it

New industrial data operations solutions Belden Inc, a supplier of network infrastructure and digitisation solutions, has launched Belden Horizon Data Operations (BHDO) and Belden Horizon Data Manager (BHDM) industrial data operations solutions. The new additions to the Belden Horizon software-based services suite work together to meet these requirements by allowing industrial organisations to address data complexity through secure and managed data access, analytics and integration.

As the adoption of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and Industry 4.0 advances, the volume of data available from connected operational technology (OT) devices grows, providing opportunities for enterprises to use data to improve business decision making.

BHDO and BHDM enable organisations to identify areas to streamline production processes, enhance operational efficiency and improve uptime. BHDO collects and analyses OT data at the network edge and transmits

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